865.13 Personal representative may pay claims. The personal representative may pay in good faith just demands against the estate, whether filed as a claim or not, on or before the deadline for filing a claim under s. 859.01, or at any time with the consent of the heirs or beneficiaries affected by the payment. In paying a claim the personal representative may deduct any counterclaim which the estate has against the claimant. Any claim filed shall be allowed or disallowed according to ch. 859.History: 1973 c. 39; 1975 c. 331; 1989 a. 96.
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